I’ve never thought to tell anyone this because it’s really odd and only happens to me when I’m alone. My attention span is REALLY short, so by the time I get where I’m going, I’ve already forgotten about it.
For as many years as I can remember, street lights turn off just before I approach or pass them. Not every single street light, but one here and there. I could chalk it up to an odd coincidence, but it happens pretty regularly. Being a mathematically-minded person, I’ve thought about it and it seems unlikely that light bulbs would randomly go off in my presence as often as they do. Weirder yet, it has been happening even more frequently over the last few months.
A few days ago, I was riding my bike along my street and “poof,” out goes another street light. I just rolled my eyes. It happens often enough where it seems ridiculous.
Meanwhile, Cremello commented a few posts ago about how another strange “coincidence” may be a sign that I should be paying attention to…something. So, since then, I’ve been paying more attention to things. I speculated about what might need my attention and so far, it seems like I’m paying attention to the right things…at just the right time.
As I rode my bike home last night, a street light turned ON just before I approached it. I said out loud (there was no one around, don’t worry), “You think that’s funny?!!” A few streetlights up, the light flickered off…and then ON just before I approached it. I suspiciously passed it, keeping a good eye on it. I passed it and kept looking back, but it stayed on.
Just before I wrote this post, I typed “is it normal to see street lights burn out all the time” into Google not expecting to find ANY hits. Instead I clicked on a number of links to find that this is a common occurrence among a subgroup of people. Apparently, it’s normal for street lights to flicker off until the bulb cools down, then come back on. That explains why it’s not uncommon to see lights burn out. But, I do think it’s strange that there are so many people who have noticed the same thing.
Regardless, I’m taking that as a sign (especially since they turned ON) that I’m heading in the right direction.
We sleep walk through most of our lives, thinking that we have no control over the external.
Once we begin to consciously create our reality, things start getting really interesting from there! The more you see signs and “coincidences” in the world… the more show up.